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I'd rather they verified they can actually do it as opposed to just saying "Fuck it! We'll do it live!" and wait for the time when they actually need to do it for real.
Though I'm interested that the plan isn't to match orbit with it and push it instead. Guessing the direct route is a lot more fuel efficient.
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I'm pretty sure both the rocket and the asteroid are governed by the laws of physics, but yeah forget computer modelling let's do pew-pew